Author: K. K. SINGH

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Published: 2017-01-06

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781520321752

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Vocabulary Development - For All Competitive Exams is a comprehensive book on all possible synonyms and antonyms for English words. The book is an excellent guide for those who aspire to excel in various entrance tests and competitive exams. It comprises of up to date descriptions, usage and meaning of all the words and their synonyms and antonyms, helping readers to improve their vocabulary. This book serves as an extensive resource, as it contains a massive spectrum of words, which also helps teachers and faculty on a day-to-day basis.Welcome to Vocabulary and Spelling Questions! This book is designed to provide you with review and practice for vocabulary and spelling success. With 1001 practice questions, you can enrich your verbal abilities at your own pace, and focus on the areas where you need improvement. Vocabulary and Spelling Questions are designed for many audiences. It is for anyone who has ever taken a language arts course and needs to refresh forgotten skills. It can be used to supplement current class instruction. It can be used to boost job performance by improving your business writing abilities. Most often, this book is used by people who are studying for important academic, entrance, or cortication exams. Every test from the SAT exam to the Competitions test requires an excellent grasp of vocabulary skills.Vocabulary Development can be used by teachers and tutors who need to reinforce student skills. The book is easily adapted to fit lesson plans and for homework assignments.If at some point you feel you need further practice or more explanation, you can find it in other Learning Express publications. Prefixes, Suffixes, and Common Word RootsA FAMILIARITY WITH COMMON Prefixes, Suffixes, and word roots can dramatically improve your ability to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words. The tables below list common Prefixes, Suffixes, and word roots; their meanings; an example of a word with that Prefixes, Suffixes, or word root; the meaning of that word; and a sentence that demonstrates the meaning of that word. Refer to this section often to refresh your memory and improve your vocabulary.PrefixesPrefixes are syllables added to the beginning of words to change or add to their meaning. This table lists some of the most common Prefixes in the English language. They are grouped together by similar meanings.SynonymsThis section consists of five chapters of different types of vocabulary questions. Questions vary from finding similar words to finding dissimilar words, from identifying analogies, to identifying the three words that are similar within a group of four words.Most standardized tests use synonym and antonym questions to test verbal skills. The first chapter in this section is on synonyms. A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word. You will be asked to find synonyms, or choose the word that has the same or nearly the same meaning. In Chapter 2, you will identify antonyms, or words that are most nearly the opposite of the word in italics. The questions in Chapter 3 ask you to identify the word that is most similar or dissimilar to another word, effectively testing your knowledge of two words. Chapter 4 tests your ability to identify groups of word as similar to one another. You do this by finding the word in the list of four that does not belong with the other three words. Finally, In Chapter 5 you are asked to identify word analogies. Analogies are comparisons. To answer an analogy question, look for a relationship between the first set of words. Then, look for a similar relationship in the second set of words. Choose the answer that best completes the comparison.

Download or read book 1001 Vocabulary Development written by K. K. SINGH and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vocabulary Development - For All Competitive Exams is a comprehensive book on all possible synonyms and antonyms for English words. The book is an excellent guide for those who aspire to excel in various entrance tests and competitive exams. It comprises of up to date descriptions, usage and meaning of all the words and their synonyms and antonyms, helping readers to improve their vocabulary. This book serves as an extensive resource, as it contains a massive spectrum of words, which also helps teachers and faculty on a day-to-day basis.Welcome to Vocabulary and Spelling Questions! This book is designed to provide you with review and practice for vocabulary and spelling success. With 1001 practice questions, you can enrich your verbal abilities at your own pace, and focus on the areas where you need improvement. Vocabulary and Spelling Questions are designed for many audiences. It is for anyone who has ever taken a language arts course and needs to refresh forgotten skills. It can be used to supplement current class instruction. It can be used to boost job performance by improving your business writing abilities. Most often, this book is used by people who are studying for important academic, entrance, or cortication exams. Every test from the SAT exam to the Competitions test requires an excellent grasp of vocabulary skills.Vocabulary Development can be used by teachers and tutors who need to reinforce student skills. The book is easily adapted to fit lesson plans and for homework assignments.If at some point you feel you need further practice or more explanation, you can find it in other Learning Express publications. Prefixes, Suffixes, and Common Word RootsA FAMILIARITY WITH COMMON Prefixes, Suffixes, and word roots can dramatically improve your ability to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words. The tables below list common Prefixes, Suffixes, and word roots; their meanings; an example of a word with that Prefixes, Suffixes, or word root; the meaning of that word; and a sentence that demonstrates the meaning of that word. Refer to this section often to refresh your memory and improve your vocabulary.PrefixesPrefixes are syllables added to the beginning of words to change or add to their meaning. This table lists some of the most common Prefixes in the English language. They are grouped together by similar meanings.SynonymsThis section consists of five chapters of different types of vocabulary questions. Questions vary from finding similar words to finding dissimilar words, from identifying analogies, to identifying the three words that are similar within a group of four words.Most standardized tests use synonym and antonym questions to test verbal skills. The first chapter in this section is on synonyms. A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word. You will be asked to find synonyms, or choose the word that has the same or nearly the same meaning. In Chapter 2, you will identify antonyms, or words that are most nearly the opposite of the word in italics. The questions in Chapter 3 ask you to identify the word that is most similar or dissimilar to another word, effectively testing your knowledge of two words. Chapter 4 tests your ability to identify groups of word as similar to one another. You do this by finding the word in the list of four that does not belong with the other three words. Finally, In Chapter 5 you are asked to identify word analogies. Analogies are comparisons. To answer an analogy question, look for a relationship between the first set of words. Then, look for a similar relationship in the second set of words. Choose the answer that best completes the comparison.